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Table 3 Trajectory of Quality of life first 6 months (EQ-5D Index)

From: Quality of life after the initiation of dialysis or maximal conservative management in elderly patients: a longitudinal analysis of the Geriatric assessment in OLder patients starting Dialysis (GOLD) study

 

Total (n)

Outcome

 
  

Dead

Decline

No change

Improvement/(Transplantation)

P value

All

 Conservative, n (%)

83

18 (16)

26 (31)

32 (39)

12 (15)

 

 Dialysis, n (%)

185

16 (9)

41 (22)

53 (29)

75 (42) (2%)#

< 0.001

Sub analyses

Creatinine clearance

 eGFR < 10 ml/min/1.73m2

0.01

  Conservative, n (%)

32

5 (16)

11 (34)

13 (41)

3 (9)

 

  Dialysis, n (%)

145

13 (9)

28 (19)

42 (29)

62 (43) (1%)#

 

 eGFR ≥10 ml/min/1.73m2

0.27

  Conservative, n (%)

51

8 (16)

15 (29)

19 (37)

9 (18)

 

  Dialysis, n (%)

39

3 (8)

12 (31)

11 (28)

13 (33) (2%)#

 

Age

      

 <  80 years

     

0.08

  Conservative, n (%)

21

4 (19)

6 (29)

8 (38)

3 (14)

 

  Dialysis, n (%)

132

10 (8)

31 (24)

37 (28)

54 (41) (2%)#

 

 ≥ 80 years

     

0.02

  Conservative, n (%)

62

9 (15)

20 (32)

24 (39)

9 (15)

 

  Dialysis, n (%)

53

6 (11)

10 (19)

16 (30)

21 (40)

 
  1. #Including transplantation (total n = 3)